2010/5/7 Dean Hall <d...@sterling.net>: > Bacula 5.0.1 > > Bacula Server is multihomed. One network is fast, the other is slow. Some > clients are single homed on the slow network. Some are dual homed with fast > and slow networks. On the dual homed clients I'm trying to use the fast > network for backup. > > > > My client configs in the bacula-dir.conf use ip addresses, ensuring that the > director will contact the FD on the correct network. The storage resource > defined in the bacula-dir.conf has an address on the slow network. This > address is passed to a file daemon by the director. The FD will then > connect to the address of the SD as supplied by the DIR. > > > > What I need is for the director to selectively pass the proper ip address. > It would be nice if the storage resource could be defined with multiple > addresses (default and alternates), then allow the client resource > directives to override the default storage address, selecting an alternate > address. > > > > Is there any way I can achieve my goal of having some clients talk to the SD > on the fast network and some clients on the slow network? > > > > If the address of the storage resource as specified in the director is a > name, is it resolved by the director or passed to the client as a name? If > passed as a name, requiring the client to resolve, this would allow me to > handle it on the client. > > > > Any thoughts? >
What about FQDNs that resolve to different ip addresses (host file or dns server) depending on what client you are on? John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
